Steamer



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STEAMER Filed June 27, 1.927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a Wendell L. Mai'tin- Q m Inventor Attorneys Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WENDELL L. MARTIN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MARTIN BROTHERS ELECTRIC COMPANY,"OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

STEAMER.

Application filed June 27, 1927. Serial No. 201,844.

My invention relates to steamers, and particularly to steamers for use in connection with so called beauty parlors, and in conjunction with massages, other skin treat-- ments, removal of hair dye, and the like, and the principal object of my invention is to provide a new and improved steamer particularly adapted for these purposes. In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part of this application I have shown, for purposes of illustration, one form which my invention may assume, and in these drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the embodiment of my invention herein shown, including the supporting stand,

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of this embodiment of my invention,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the embodiment of my invention herein shown,

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 44 of Figure 3, A

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 3, while Figure 6 is a diagrammatic representation of the electric circuits.

My invention is herein shown as supported upon a stand 10 comprising a lower section 11 provided with wheels 12 for facilitating movement of the stand, an upper section 13 secured to the lower section 13 at the desired height by means of a set screw 14 passing through the upper end of the lower section 11 into engagement with the exterior of the upper section 13, and an arm 15 pivotally mounted upon the upper end of the upper section 13 and carrying at its free end an apertured boss 16 adapted to receive a pivot pin 17 passing through cars 18 formed on the control mechanism casing 19 of the steamer 20.

The steamer 2O herein shown comprises a cast frame 21 consisting of a back 22 secured to the control mechanism casing 19 by means of suitable machine screws 23, an annular top 24 provided with an annular shoulder 25 and carrying three upstanding lugs 26, an intermediate section 27 connecting the rear of the frame top 24 with the top of the frame back 22, and a flange 28 extending about the entire outer periphery of the frame 21 except across the bottom of the frame back 22. Mounted upon the shoulder 25 of the annular top 24 of the frame 21 is a translucent lower' edge of the wall section herein shown as a glass plate 29 suitably cemented to the annular frame top 24, while received within the flange 28, and secured thereto by means of suitable bolts 30, is an irregular skirt 31 contoured to approximately fit the face or head of the person receiving treatment and forming with the frame 21 and the plate 29 a hood closed except for the open face defined by the lower periphery of the skirt 31 and the ack 22 of the frame 21.

Positioned adjacent the back 22 of the frame 21 is a tubular fluid receptacle 32 held in position in any desired manner, as by means of a bracket 33 surrounding the receptacle 32 and secured to the back 22 of the frame 21 in any desired manner, as by machine screws 34, open at its top end, and closed at its lower end by means of a base 35 secured to the receptacle 32 in any desired manner, as by welding, and itself provided at its base with a tube' 36 extending below the lower edge of the frame back 22 and there connected to the side outlet of a pipe tee 37 having its end outlets connected to ducts 38 leading from fluid supply reservoir means 39. Extending into the fluid receptacle 32 through the open upper end thereof is a sheet metal tube 40 closed at its lower end, and enlarged at its upper end to seat upon ashoulder 41 surrounding an aperture 42 formed in the frame intermediate section 27, and to close this aperture 42, while received within this tube 40 is a heating element 43 herein shown diagrammatically but which obviously may be of any suitable construction. The upper end of the tube 40 is closed by means of a cap 44 overlying a flange 45 rising from the periphery of the aperture 42 in the frame intermediate section 27.

Each of the fluid supply reservoir means 39 comprises a receiver 46 provided at its base with an aperture 47 communicating with the corresponding duct 38, supported by means of a bracket 48 secured to the frame 21 in any desired manner, as by means of machine screws 49, and adapted to removably receive a bottle 50 having its open end partially closed by means of a cork 51 provided with a central aperture 52, and to support the bottle 50 with its open end spaced from the bottom Wall of the receiver 46 and its sides sufiieiently spaced from the a supply operating in a well known manner to sides of the receiver 46 to permit inflow of air t-herebetween, to thereby form a fluid feed fluid from the bottle 50 whenever the level of the fluid within the receiver 46 drops below the lower edge of the open end of the bottle 50 to permit airto enter the bottle 50 to displace fluid from. the bottle 50. It will of course be understood by those skilled in the art that the two fluid supply reservoir means 39 operate independently, that either is suflicient, and will operate ,while the other is removed for refilling, and that these fluid supply reservoir means 39 serve to maintain fluid within the fluid receptacle 32 at the level of the lower edge of the open end of the bottles 50.

Mounted upon the annular top 24 of the frame 21 is a reflector 53 sprung into position with its rim disposed in recesses 54 formed in the lugs 26 and supporting an electric lamp socket carrying a suitable electric lamp 56 held in position disposed just above and opposite the glass plate 29 mounted in the annular opening within the annular top 24 of the frame 21.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the fluid supply reservoir means 39 act to. maintain fluid at a constant level within the fluid receptacle 32, that energization of the heating element 43 will vaporize this fluid to produce steam, that this steamwill flow outwardly through the upper open end of the fluid receptacle 32 into the space within the hood, and that energization of the lamp 56 will serve simultaneously to maintain this steam against condensation and to impinge light rays upon the surface to which the hood has been applied In the embodiment of my invention herein shown I control the energization of the heating element 43 and of the lamp 56 by means of two switches 57 and 58 mounted within the control mechanism casing 19 with their operating handles 59 and 60 projecting therefrom. One terminal of the heating element controlling switch 57 is connected by means of a conductor 61 to a pilot lamp 62 also mounted in the control mechanism casing 19. and having its other terminal connected by means of a conductor 63 to the heating element 43, one terminal of the lamp cont-rolling switch 58 is connected by means of a conductor 64 to one terminal of the lamp 56, the remaining terminals of the switches 57 and 58 are connected by means of a conductor 65 to a line conductor 66, and the remaining terminals of the heating element 43 and lamp 56 are connected by means of conductors 67 and 68 to the second line conductor 69. The line conductors 66 and 69 enter the control mechanism casing through a suitable aperture in the base thereof, the cable 70 containing the lamp conductors 64 and 67 and the cable 71 containing the conductors 63 and 68 leading to the heating element 43, leave the control mechanism casing 19 through a groove 72 formed in the rear face of the back 22 of the frame 21, the cable 70 leading to the lamp 56 continuing from the groove 72 exteriorly of the steamer to the lamp socket 55, and the cable 71 leading to the heating element 43 entering beneath the cap 44 through a slot 73 formed in the flange 45 about the aperture, 42 in the intermediate section 27 of the frame 21.

From the above it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that I may energize either the heating element 43 to apply steam to the surface to which the hood is applied, or the lamp 56 to apply light and heat to the surface to which the hood is applied, or both the heating element 43 and the lamp 56 to apply both steam and" heat and light. It will also be noted by those skilled in the art that the steam generator is positioned entirely within the hood delivering the steam to the hood without the interposition of any connecting conduit, and that the lamp is entirely without the hood entirely out of contact with the steam.

. Under certain circumstances I may desire to insert into the steam within the hood a fluid, such as an antiseptic, or a perfume, or the like, and accordingly I have incorporated in the embodiment of my invention herein shown means for accomplishing this purpose expeditiously, this means being herein shown as an atomizer 74 comprising a base 75 from which depends a receptacle 76, from which extends atube 77 leading into the interior of the hood througha suit-- able aperture in the intermediate section 27 of the hood frame 21, and to which extends a tube 78 leading from a suitable bulb 79, the parts of the atomizer 74 being formed and interconnected to operate in the usual manner to spray vapor from the receptacle 76 into the hood upon operation of the bulb 79.

From the above description it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiment of my invention herein shown and described provides a new and improved steamer particularly adapted for the purpose specifically set forth hereinabove, and accordingly that the embodiment of my in- Vention herein shown and described accomplishes at least the principal object of my invention. At the same time it also will be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiment of my invention herein shown and described embodies advantages other than those specifically pointed out or suggested herein, and that this particular embodiment of my invention may be variously changed and modified without departing from the spirit of my invention or sac- Ill rificing the advantages thereof. It will of course be understood that it is applicable to illustrative only, and that my invention is i not limited thereto.

I claim:

1. A steamer comprising: a hood, and steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood forming part of said steamer and contained substantially within said hood and comprising a fluid reservoir, a tube extending from the exterior of said hood into said reservoir and having its inner end closed, and its outer end open but closed to the adjacent walls of said hood, and an electric heating element disposed within said tube in position to heat the fluid within said reservoir but removable from the exterior of said hood through the open-end of said tube.

2. A steamer comprising: a hood, and

steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood forming part of said steamer and contained substantially within said hood and comprising a fluid reservoir opening directly into-said hood, a tube extending from the exterior of. said hood through the opening of said reservoir into said reservoir and having its inner end closed, and its outer end open but closed to the adjacent walls of said hood, and an electric heating element disposed within said tube imposition to heat the fluid within said reservoir but removable from the exterior of said hood through the open-end of said tube.

3. A steamer comprising: a hood, steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood, and multiple fluid supply means for maintaining fluid in said steam generating means, andsubstantially at a constant letl el, each operable independently of the ot ier.

at. A steamer comprising: a hood, steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood forming part of said steamer and contained substantially within said hood, and fluid supply means located substantially exteriorly of said hood connected to said steam generating means, for maintaining fluid in said steam generating means, and substantially at a constant level.

5. A'steamer comprising: a hood, steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood forming part of said steamer and contained substantially within said hood, and multiple fluid supply means located substantially exteriorly of said hood connected to said steam generating means for maintaining fluid in said steam generating means, and substantially at a constant level, each operable independently of the other. i

6. A steamer comprising: a hood provided with a translucent wall section, steam gener- 'ating means for supplying steam to said hood, and an electric lamp mount-ed exteriorly of said hood in cooperative relation to said translucent wall section to transmit light to the interior of said hood.

7. A steamer comprising: a hood provided with a translucent wall section opposite an open side of said hood, steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood, and an electric lamp mounted exteriorly of said hood in cooperative relation to said translucent wall section to transmit light to the interior of said hood and the surface to which said hood is applied.

8. A steamer comprising: a hood provided with a translucent wall section, steam generating means forsupplying steam to said hood, and an electric lamp mounted exteriorly of said hood opposite said translucent wall section to transmit light to the interior of said hood.

9. A steamer comprising: a hood provided with a. translucent wall section opposite an open side of saidhood, steam generating means for supplying steam to said hood, and an electric lamp mounted exteriorly of said hood opposite said translucent wall section to transmit light to the interior of said hood and the surface to which said hood is applied.

10. A steamer comprising: a hood provided with a translucent wall section, steam generating means for supplying steam to said .liood forming part of said steamer and con tained substantially within saidv hood, and

an electric lamp mounted exteriorly of said hood in cooperative relation to said translucent wall section to transmit light to the interior of said hood.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

\ WENDELL L. MARTIN. 

